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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 271

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No 775909, Ref. 5038, made in 1996.Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, leather strap and 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 32,200

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent back, reeded and stepped bezel. D. black with lacquered white radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the 24 hours, the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. ?Alpha? lacquered white gold hands. M. Cal. 240 Q aut., stamped with the Poinçons de Genève, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 jewels, lever escapement, Giromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-aborber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: * 2
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Ref. 5038Limited edition of 500 examples in white gold made in 1996.Poinçons de GenèveThe voluntary quality control of watches at the Geneva Observatory, was established by a law dated November 6, 1886. Conditions were laid down for the attribution and stamping of the Poinçons de Genève, punch-marks designed as the coat-of-arms of Geneva. Pocket watches, or wristwatches which carry the Poinçons de Genève, considered as an equivalent to a Bulletin Officiel de Marche, punched on a bridge and on the main plate of the movement, were qualified to be officially termed ?chronometers?.